ThePonyConquerer

May 31st, 2019 at 12:35 PM ^

So I know the wolverines symbolizes us, but then who’s the goat?

 

Can’t be Tom Brady so either O$U or MOOU.

yvgeni

May 31st, 2019 at 12:38 PM ^

As an Air Force guy it gives me great pleasure to point out that the mascot of the Navy is the goat... and every year, Navy plays Army which means that this video is confirming the prophesy that Michigan will beat Army. Go blue.

scanner blue

May 31st, 2019 at 12:45 PM ^

It’s nice to see wolverines follow the rules and stay on the path. I mountain bike at least once a week all over SE Michigan and I’m lucky to see 2 chipmunks and a squirrel. 

CoverZero

May 31st, 2019 at 12:51 PM ^

I am laughing, impressed, astonished, a little grossed out and a little sad all at the same time watching that clip.

Its surprising that he would walk up that close to a biker like that in the day time.

Little Wolverine looks so cute.  I hear that they make great house pets.

 

evenyoubrutus

May 31st, 2019 at 12:54 PM ^

If someone hasn't photoshopped Sparty's head on there and made it into a gif by day's end I'll be very disappointed. (I would if I had the slightest clue how to)

evenyoubrutus

May 31st, 2019 at 12:54 PM ^

If someone hasn't photoshopped Sparty's head on there and made it into a gif by day's end I'll be very disappointed. (I would if I had the slightest clue how to)

DOBlue48

May 31st, 2019 at 1:00 PM ^

The shooter of the video must have been wearing the maize & blue.  Little bugger considered him a friend instead of eating his face off.  While I would love to view a wolverine in its natural world, that seems a bit too close for comfort, given their ferocious reputation.

lostwages

May 31st, 2019 at 1:19 PM ^

Awwww... looks sooooo cute; until it rips your head off.

Enjoyed the video, but can't help to think what is seriously wrong with the person who took that video. Either they have balls of steel, or they're just that dumb?

Wondering if he/she realizes just how lucky they were to get out of there with their life?

maize-blue

May 31st, 2019 at 2:09 PM ^

Pretty sure it's possible. I found this article bit in 2 seconds of googling:

"PEOPLE HAVE RECRUITED ANIMALS FOR ALL kinds of tasks throughout time—huskies have pulled sleds, birds carried messages, horses and donkeys brought humans and their wares to faraway places. Now, a new animal is getting ready to take the limelight: the notoriously vicious wolverine, which may become the next expert animal for finding avalanche survivors. 

Wolverines are about the size of a small dog, and are powerful predators and scavengers that move deftly in the snow. Mike Miller at Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center saw potential in the furry, sharp-toothed mammals, and recently made the proposal to use the wolverine to help others. They can be trained to sniff out humans specifically, and can learn to do so in as little as a week; the program’s founders say they’re actually smarter and easier to train than dogs, which are used currently to find avalanche survivors. “Anything you can train a dog to do, you can train a wolverine to do, five times quicker,” Miller told Outside."

So yeah, wolverines can be trained.  

Logan_Howlett

May 31st, 2019 at 2:31 PM ^

Yup, a wild and ferocious animal will be reliably trained to find weak and vulnerable avalanche survivors... these things would never see an opportunity in that situation to grab a quick bite. Next video post on this blog will be of a ski mask wearing wolverine walking down a ski trail.

xtramelanin

May 31st, 2019 at 2:06 PM ^

as a farmer, that concerns me.

as a wolverine alum, that pleases me. 

will have to get back to you later on where it all netted out....